Popular Indiana Colleges Easy to Get Into
Indiana has 31 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, accepting 78% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Ball State University, Indiana State University and Butler University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Indiana University Bloomington
- Public 4 Year
- Bloomington, IN
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
IU is a large public university known for undergraduate business, music, and media. Bloomington is a classic college town built around a historic limestone campus.
- SAT Range 1170-1400
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $17,270
Ball State University
- Public 4 Year
- Muncie, IN
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4.6 | 5 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Ball State is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, education, and telecommunications. The college-town campus is in Muncie.
- SAT Range 1080-1260
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $13,599
Indiana State University
- Public 4 Year
- Terre Haute, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
Indiana State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The campus is in the city of Terre Haute in western Indiana.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Net Price $12,066
Butler University
- Private 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Butler is a private university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and communication. Most students live on a residential campus on Indianapolis's north side.
- SAT Range 1160-1350
- Avg GPA 3.92
- Net Price $38,438
Indiana University Indianapolis
- Public 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- May 15 application deadline
IU Indianapolis is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and philanthropic studies. The urban campus is located in downtown Indianapolis.
- SAT Range 1030-1240
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $12,228
Valparaiso University
- Private 4 Year
- Valparaiso, IN
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Valparaiso is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate engineering, meteorology, and nursing. The residential campus sits in a college town in northwest Indiana.
- SAT Range 1060-1280
- Avg GPA 3.76
- Net Price $21,766
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Terre Haute, IN
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0.0 | 1 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Rose-Hulman is a private college known for undergraduate engineering, science, and mathematics. Most students live on the residential campus in Terre Haute.
- SAT Range 1320-1500
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Net Price $45,406
Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Public 4 Year
- Fort Wayne, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Purdue Fort Wayne is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, technology, and business. The urban campus is set in Indiana's second-largest city.
- SAT Range 970-1220
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $14,735
University of Evansville
- Private 4 Year
- Evansville, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
University of Evansville is a private university known for undergraduate theatre and engineering. Many undergrads study abroad at Harlaxton College, its campus in a historic English manor.
- SAT Range 1045-1300
- Avg GPA 3.71
- Net Price $18,773
Anderson University
- Private 4 Year
- Anderson, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Anderson University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate music, nursing, and business. Most students live on its residential campus in Anderson, northeast of Indianapolis.
- SAT Range 900-1150
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $25,332
Vincennes University
- Public 4 Year
- Vincennes, IN
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1.5 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Vincennes is a public two-year college known for undergraduate aviation, nursing, and technology programs. The historic campus lies in a small city on the Wabash River in southwestern Indiana.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.98
- Net Price $12,895
Indiana Wesleyan University Marion
- Private 4 Year
- Marion, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Indiana Wesleyan is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry. The residential campus in Marion is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.
- SAT Range 960-1180
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $23,402
Holy Cross College
- Private 4 Year
- Notre Dame, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 28 application deadline
Holy Cross College is a small private Catholic liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the humanities. The campus sits next to the University of Notre Dame.
- SAT Range 980-1300
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $22,421
Trine University
- Private 4 Year
- Angola, IN
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Trine is a private university known for undergraduate engineering and business. Most students live on a residential campus in the small town of Angola.
- SAT Range 1030-1240
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $25,355
Hanover College
- Private 4 Year
- Hanover, IN
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0.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Hanover is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, business, and psychology. The campus overlooks the Ohio River from wooded bluffs in a small southern Indiana town.
- SAT Range 1110-1280
- Avg GPA 3.79
- Net Price $23,683
Marian University
- Private 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Marian is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and the health sciences. The Indianapolis campus is rooted in the Franciscan tradition of the Sisters of St. Francis.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $22,786
Indiana University South Bend
- Public 4 Year
- South Bend, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
IU South Bend is a public regional campus of Indiana University known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus lies along the St. Joseph River in South Bend.
- SAT Range 950-1190
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $9,003
Saint Mary's College
- Private 4 Year
- Notre Dame, IN
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3.8 | 5 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Saint Mary's is a private Catholic women's college known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the liberal arts. The campus adjoins the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana.
- SAT Range 1130-1325
- Avg GPA 3.83
- Net Price $27,865